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Peer reviewedDoornink, James D.; Hamm, Norman H. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1978
Presents a study of the efficacy of using reinforcement versus cognitive conflict in producing changes in the moral judgments of ninth grade subjects. (BD/BR)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Developmental Stages, Junior High School Students, Moral Development
Broughton, John – 1975
In this paper a recent critique of Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental approach to morality by Krutines and Greif is examined in detail. The critique is found to contribute some useful indications of needed study. However, a careful analysis of the literature on moral development shows the criticisms to be largely unfounded, in several cases…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedPeterson, Lizette; And Others – Child Development, 1977
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Moral Development
Toner, Ignatius J.; Potts, C. Richard – 1978
The impact of adult models on the moralities of seventy-two 5- to 7-year-old boys was assessed in this study. Each subject was exposed to a televised adult model and was then administered tests of moral behavior (resistance to deviation in a laboratory situation), moral choice (in a hypothetical situation) and moral judgment level (on an…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Developmental Stages, Elementary School Students, Males
Download full textMarsh, Diane T.; Serafica, Felicisima C. – 1977
In this study of perspective taking and moral judgment 20 children (10 boys and 10 girls) at each age level between 4 and 10 years were given Feffer's Social Role-Taking Task, a spatial perspective-taking task and Damon's Test of Positive Justice. Investigated were: (1) the specific developmental sequences for role taking, spatial…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedFincham, Frank; Barling, Julian – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1979
Alcohol consumption was not found to affect the stage of moral reasoning of the subjects, but an inverse relationship was found between the amount of alcohol consumed and the subjects' discrimination of relevant from irrelevant information in their moral reasoning. (BH)
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedCrockenberg, Susan B.; Nicolayev, Jennie – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1979
Focuses on the relationship between environmental opportunities for social interaction, experienced internal conflict, and upward stage change in moral reasoning. Also examines the extent to which the dilemmas which constitute Form A and Form B of Kohlberg's Moral Dilemmas produce comparable stage scores. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making
Peer reviewedFreeman, Sue J. M.; Giebink, John W. – Journal of Psychology, 1979
Provides data in support of Lawrence Kohlberg's moral development theory. Shows comparable moral judgments for boys and girls at ages 11 and 17, but higher moral reasoning in 14-year-old girls than in their male peers. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Codes of Ethics, Developmental Stages
Nelsen, Edward A.; And Others – 1969
This study was designed to assess and compare the roles of intelligence and moral judgment in relation to patterns of behavior in temptation situations. Six Resistance to Temptation (RTT) tasks were administered to 106 sixth grade students. One year later, four Kohlberg Moral Judgment (MJ) tasks were administered to 100 of the same subjects. IQ…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Correlation, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Early Childhood Education, Champaign, IL. – 1976
This annotated bibliography cites ERIC documents and journal articles which focus on children's moral development. Entries include selected resumes from "Resources in Education (RIE)" from February 1974 through December 1975 and selected journal citations from "Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)", July 1974 through December 1975. Each…
Descriptors: Altruism, Annotated Bibliographies, Children, Childrens Literature
